EXPERIMENTAL CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA IN MULE DEER, WHITE-TAILED DEER, PRONGHORN AND WAPITI
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 19 (3) , 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-19.3.165
Abstract
Hand-reared mule deer fawns (O. hemionus), white-tailed deer fawns (O. virginianus), proghorn fawns (A. americana) and wapiti calves (C. e. nelsoni) were exposed to contagious ecthyma lesion material obtained from Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) to determine the susceptibility and pathogenesis in these speices. All 4 spp. developed mucocutaneous proliferative lesions of the oral cavity, grossly and histologically compatible with contagious ecthyma. The limited clinical responses to the virus indicated that contagious ecthyma would not seriously impact free-ranging individuals.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: